We are looking at installing a second repeater for our business operations. Our site is very limited on space available for mounting of antenna hardware and equipment. I know it is best to have as much separation as possible between repeater antennas, especially when operating within the same band (VHF). More horizontal spacing is usually required than vertical spacing depending on the type of antennas you are using.
Take a look at this picture and give me your thoughts on how close is too close. We are considering putting a 2 bay folded dipole antenna on the empty post/mast to the right of our current repeater antenna. We would run this in a directional pattern in the same direction as the picture's point of view. In your mind/opinion would this just be way to close? We don't have a whole lot of other options. One option would be to use an antenna combiner and run the two repeaters off the one antenna but that is going to decrease our coverage area fairly significantly I believe.
I would love to be able to put some equipment on this Verizon tower but so far I haven't had any success with that.
Take a look at this picture and give me your thoughts on how close is too close. We are considering putting a 2 bay folded dipole antenna on the empty post/mast to the right of our current repeater antenna. We would run this in a directional pattern in the same direction as the picture's point of view. In your mind/opinion would this just be way to close? We don't have a whole lot of other options. One option would be to use an antenna combiner and run the two repeaters off the one antenna but that is going to decrease our coverage area fairly significantly I believe.
I would love to be able to put some equipment on this Verizon tower but so far I haven't had any success with that.